Soft drugs should not be legal Drugs have been a problem for the society for a long time and it is still a going subject. Different kinds of organisations work hard to try keeping people from using drugs‚ however a new problem has occurred. During the last years there have been discussions in some European countries to legalise so called soft drugs. Soft drugs usually means cannabis‚ which is the name for drugs made from the plant called “Cannabis Sativa”. Several countries have a very liberal
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Improving Medication Concordance in Mental Health- A Review of the Literature Where a man is against his will‚ that to him is a prison. Epictetus Abstract There has been much discussion on why concordance with antipsychotic medication and treatment appears to differ from other fields of medicine. Does the literature support this contention? This review aims to seek out best practice and apply the principle of informed choice in assessing concordance and using appropriate interventions
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Drugs - what do you associate with this word? I dare say most of you think of words such as violence‚ self-destruction‚ problems - and some of you might even think of gangs‚ wars or murders. But why has this word been so hard for so many people to come to terms with? Why is it‚ that so many of us has this violence depicted picture of drugs imprinted in our minds? Almost all conducted studies show that the claims of the media are all either exaggerated or just downright false. To understand this painfully
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According to the biological approach the mental disorder Schizophrenia will have an underlying physical cause such as imbalance of hormones‚ brain damage and infection. There is strong evidence that biological factors influence the presence of Schizophrenia. There are certain chemical abnormalities that can be observed in people suffering from schizophrenia. Post-mortems on schizophrenics have shown unusually high levels of dopamine. Dopamine is a brain chemical that increases the sensitivity of
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Drug smugglers shouldn’t be given a death penalty in Asian countries. Good morning‚ honorable judges‚ teachers and fellow peer. Even though drug smuggling is considered to be a serious issue around the world‚ a death penalty shouldn’t be given. This isn’t necessary or an effective method to stop it from happening or continuing. Now‚ I am going to tell you why. Drugs like heroine‚ cocaine‚ crack and ecstasy are highly addictive and narcotic‚ however it’s imported and sold everyday through
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declared a “war on drugs.”() The problem is that the department of corrections was ill prepared to house the newly made convicts. This created over population in prisons all over America because of a failed attempt to “crack down.” It is a fact that countries with overbearing drug laws tend to have more drug problems than those who don’t. Now that new studies and facts are coming to light we have finally entered a stage in which to rebuild drug reform. The American war on drugs is a failing system
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Schedule II drugs are currently accepted for medical use in the United States. These drugs have many medical benefits‚ but are highly addictive and dangerous if not used correctly. They are classified by their ability to cause serious physical or physiological dependency. The drugs in this category include‚ but are not limited to‚ Adderall‚ Lortab‚ Vicodin‚ Hydrocodone‚ Percocet‚ and OxyContin. Many of these drugs are sold‚ illegally‚ on the streets. This only allows more people to feed the addiction
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be using drugs at all. The drugs like alcohol‚ cigarette‚ and many more are consuming everyday are slowly killing them‚ it destroys their life‚ drugs’ laws criminalise teenagers‚ and teens that use drugs will create negative effects on their children. Drugs might be everywhere in our world‚ but we teenagers need to think about our health and our future before accepting the devil’s offers. Drugs destroy teenager’s life; drugs damage the brain’s functions and create hallucinations. Drugs make teenagers
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In prehistoric times medicine‚ religion and magic were seen as one in the same. Often ceremonies where performed to cast out evil spirits. In the first surgery‚ an individual with a mental health problem had holes drilled in his head to let out the evil spirits. Fortunately‚ the treatment and view of mental health has made significate advances‚ however‚ there are still differing views or models on how mental health problems should be treated. In this paper‚ I will compare can contrast three different
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Drug Trafficking in the U.S By Eng122 Instructor Amy Morris 11/19/2012 Drug Trafficking in the U.S Drug trafficking is an increasingly growing problem in the country today; more people are buying‚ selling and using drugs than ever before. There are those people who think it is a fast and easy way to get money‚ not knowing all the risks or knowing and not caring. This paper will cover drug trafficking in the U.S and what steps are being taking towards our war on drugs. This paper will
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